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Dear Damsels is Changing
Dear Damsels, Today, we’re announcing a transition for DD. We’ve been running this platform for nearly a decade (if you can believe it!) and in… Read More
Dear Damsels, Today, we’re announcing a transition for DD. We’ve been running this platform for nearly a decade (if you can believe it!) and in… Read More
By Sophie Diver
At Work and Talking to You centres around those conversations we’ve all found ourselves in, often in the workplace, navigating between self-worth and the judgment of others. Wisdom truly reveals itself in how we deal with conversations like this and the poem delivers tenderness to an otherwise irritating experience. Read More
2 years ago
By Briony Bunker
Briony's poem explores the wisdom gained from having a baby - the truths that confound expectations and the secret, unspoken club you join with other parents. Read More
2 years ago
By Bonnie Radcliffe
Bonnie Radcliffe's beautifully crafted short story explores the wisdom of knowing ourselves and what it means to lose that. Read More
2 years ago
By Alyssa Walker
Alyssa Walker's poem explores one of the lessons she has learned in life so far - say goodbye to the things that no longer serve you. Read More
2 years ago
Did you make a resolution to write more this year? So Long As You Write, edited by Kerry Ryan, is brimming with inspiration and tips on putting pen to paper. We share some of her advice. Read More
2 years ago
As one year ends, and another begins, what have you learned? Our next theme is WISDOM. Read More
2 years ago
By Naia Lucy Briscall
Naia Lucy Briscall's poetry collection documents the transition and fluctuation of one's own ego within relationships and the internal conversation that happens as a result. Read More
2 years ago
Meet Tutku, whose triumphant story collection we’ll be publishing next summer as DD’s second one-author book, with support using public funding from Arts Council England. Read More
2 years ago
By Annie Warren
Annie Warren's piece features a short conversation between a young woman's inner critic who is in a sulk and her ego who is feeling magnanimous. Read More
2 years ago
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